(Gaius) Vipstanus Messalla Gallus (c. 10 BC – aft.
[1] J. Devrecker has offered the argument that the elements in his name ought to be set out as Gaius Messalla Vipstanus Gallus.
[4] He succeeded as consul suffectus Lucius Vipstanus Poplicola Messalla, who completed his consulate in July 48, and who has been suggested to have been his brother, also based on the elements of his cognomeni Poplicola Messalla.
[5][page needed] It is also surmised that Gallus is the father of the orator Lucius Vipstanus Messalla.
Gallus' wife had earlier been married to Lucius Aquillius Lucius filius Regulus, the pontifex and quaestor of Tiberius mentioned in CIL VI, 2122,[6] and by whom she had a son named Marcus Aquilius Regulus.